With all the 'New Year, New Me' resolutions going on at the moment, I feel a bit like I'm jumping on an already heavily-laden bandwagon with this one but please, allow me to explain myself. 'Meal prepping' is certainly not a normal thing in my kitchen...in fact, when …

One of the tasks that was tip top of my list of stuff to do when I moved back home was buying a brand new desk. My room down here in Cornwall is quite tiddly and, before I got here, it had only ever functioned as a guest room for visiting friends and family- meaning no one had ever had a reason …

As anyone who's read my blog for a while now knows, I am obsessed with the Cheltenham-based ethical clothing company  Olive . I adore both their gorgeously unique clothing and their slow and steady attitude towards the whole shopping experience- this is no ASOS, items frequen…

Do you ever have one of those days when the thought of staying indoors gives you itchy bones? Click play, sit back & enjoy the rest of this post! I had one of those today. So, rather than listen to the predictable little lazy voice inside my head telling me it would prefer us t…

This Christmas I was very fortunate to receive a few books that have been on my literary wishlist for a reeaally long time. Strangely enough, considering all the time I spent at uni studying literature, it's been a while since I've had the chance to properly hunker down with a good rea…

Wow, what a year.  Looking back through all these pictures, it's so strange to think how much my life has changed in the space of twelve (very speedy) months! Graduating from university feels like a million years ago to me now, and the above picture of a very teeny tiny Penny is a very rea…

I've been crazy crazy busy with work the past couple of weeks, so apologies for the serious lack of blogposts recently! It feels like Christmas is approaching far too quickly for my liking this year and I'm beginning to get a bit behind in the preparation stakes... Thankfully, this past …